Notifications and the notification list

What is a notification?

If an application or a system component wants to get your attention, a
notification will be shown at the top of the screen.

For example, if you get a new chat message or a new email, you will get a
notification informing you. Chat notifications are given special treatment,
and are represented by the individual contacts who sent you the chat
messages.

Other notifications have selectable option buttons. To close one of these
notifications without selecting one of its options, click the close
button.

Clicking the close button on some notifications dismisses them. Others,
like Rhythmbox or your chat application, will stay hidden in the notification
list.

The notification list

The notification list gives you a way to
get back to your notifications when it is convenient for you. It appears when
you click on the clock, or press
Super+V. The
notification list contains all the notifications that you have not acted upon
or that permanently reside in it.

You can view a notification by clicking on it in the list. You can close
the notification list by pressing
Super+V again or Esc.

Click the Clear List button to empty the list of
notifications.

Hiding notifications

If you’re working on something and do not want to be bothered, you can
switch off notifications.

When switched off, most notifications will not pop up at the top of the
screen. Notifications will still be available
in the notification list when you display it (by clicking on the clock, or by
pressing Super+V), and they will start
popping up again when you switch the toggle back to ON.

You can also disable or re-enable notifications for individual
applications from the Notifications panel.

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